Omaha daily bee., 1887-12-30


Pomeroy, one Of the first settlers in what
is now Westmoreland county, who built
log cabin in the wilderness with them
Tor himself and family. Pomeroy was
famous Indian fighter, rs was Major
Bell, who lived with his family in q
cabin half n mile distant.
One day Colonel Pomeroy's cabin was
attacked by n band Of Indians. Pomeroy
barricaded himself and family in the
| cabin, and the Indians besicgod them
all the afternoon. firing frequently into
the log walls. The firing was heard by
Major Bell, who crept through the
woods to the spot. Seeing that the In-
dian force was too strong for him to
attack he returned home, placed his
wife and two children on his two horses,
and taking II circuitous route through
the woods, approached Pomeroy's be-
sieged cabin from the rear. He sue
cccded in signaling the colonel, and
Pomeroy managed to get away from his
cabin with his family under cover of the
woods in the rear. His wife and chill
dren mounted the horses behind, Major,
Bells wife and children, and the party
escaped to Fort Wallace, five miles dis-
tant, without the Indians discovering
them. Soldiers were sent back to at
tack the Indians, but they had disap-
pearcd. Tho bullet-punctured cabin
was occupied by Colonel Pomeroy and
descendants OF his until 1910, when it
was purchased by John Cummins, who
tore it down and made his pig-pen and
corn-crib out OF its historic logs. "'' '-
One of Major Bells descendants, liv.
ing in the same neighborhood, has the
gun with which that noted Indian
fighter and revolutionary soldier used
in all of his exploits. One of these,
which is related as an especially inter-
esting and characteristic feat of the
major, is to the effect that once on In-
dian, in an endeavOr TO entrap the willy
and greatly feared enemy of his race,
initiated the call of the wild turkey near
the ma ior's cabin. The major was a
great lover of turkey hunting, and his
practised ear detected II difference be-
tween the call of the bird and the sound
OF the Indians call, although the imita-
tion was almost perfect. He took his
gun ard dragged himself on his stomach
through the brush in the direction of
the sound. He finally located the call
in tall pine tree, and discovered the
Indian perched on branch near the
very top. Major Bell fired and the In
dian leaped high above the tree top and
tumbled TO the ground. The dead In
dian was recognized by the major rs
Black Wolf, one of the most daring ana
bloodthirsty of the Seneco chiefs.
Pressing Berry Wallis Trousers.
Some time ago, while the original
"Erminie" company was playing an en-
gagement. in Washington. w. S. Daboll,
the inimitable Ravermes of the cast, oc-
cupied at Washington hotel, with his
wife, a room which had just been va
Gated by Berry Wall. After Mr.. Daboll
had been in the room couple OF days
messenger came to him one morning
saying that Mr.. Wall had sent for q pair
| of trousers which he had forgotten on
| leaving. The actor searched the closets
but found no trousers except his own.
| The messenger left, returned soon, say
| ing the trousers were under the bed.
Mr.. Daboll searched and allowed the
| messenger to search, but still no trousers
could be found.
A third time the messenger came,
begging pardon for giving the actor SO
| much trouble. The trousers. he said,
would be found between the mattresses
| in the bed, where Mr.. Wall had placed
! down the mattress, and there, sure
enough, were a pair of trousers.
stretched out very carefully and creased
as nicely by being slept on by 19O-pOund
Actor Daboll as they would have been
by the most careful tailor. Mr.. Daboll
laughed heartily at the king of the
| dudes method of pressing his trousers
| and then gave them up to the messen-'
ger. Later he wrote the following and
sent it to Mr.. Wall:
| 'Mr. Il. Berry Wall dr.. to W.S. Daboll
and wife. To pressing one pair OF trous-
| ers, ST So"
The actor has as yet secured no settle
ment with the king of dudes.